I posted this thread before asking for suggestions and answers to some questions on my choice of parts.
I have made some changes so I figured I'd post again, since it's always better to get opinions before you buy than after.
This computer is being bought from iBuyPower (and, by the way, if I were to buy all the parts from newegg and build it myself I would only save about $70.
[*]Asus P4P800 Deluxe (Intel 865PE chipset, 800FSB, onboard RAID, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, 5.1 Sound)
[*]Raidmax A268 mid-tower case (350Watt power, with window and front USB -- it also has a punchout where you can put front Audio and front 1394 -- I plan to buy a Headphone & Microphone Internal from frontX and do the do-it-yourself method to mount them into the case (I use headphones a lot)
[*]Pentium IV HT @ 2.6GHz
[*]1024MB PC3200 DDR (2x 512, dual-channel)
[*]Western Digital 200GB HDD (7200rpm UATA-100 8MBcache) - primary
[*]Maxtor 200GB HDD (7200rpm UATA-133 8MBcache) - secondary; I plan to use it to back up the primary HDD
[*]ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB 8xAGP
[*]Sony 16x DVD-ROM, and I plan to add a Plextor PX-708A 8x DVD+/-R, which I already own
[*]Onboard sound, generic stereo speakers
[*]Mitsumi 1.44MB floppy
[*]Windows XP Professional (the OS is included in the final price) and Norton 2003. I also plan to buy Genie Backup Manager
[*]Blue cold-cathode neon lights
[*]Thermal Temperature LCD display with Fan Controls
[*]4xUSB2.0, 2x 1394 FireWire
[*]Round cables
[*]PS/2 mouse and keyboard
$1364 + tax/shipping
Also, I will buy a Hitachi CML174SXW 17" LCD monitor (1280x1024, 16ms refresh, DVI)
Comments are welcome
Oh, and if anyone knows about those cold cathode neon lights from iBuyPower, please let me know. I'd like to know how controllable they are (e.g. if you can turn off the sound-activation and have them just stay constantly on, and if you can turn them off without turning the whole computer off)
I have made some changes so I figured I'd post again, since it's always better to get opinions before you buy than after.
This computer is being bought from iBuyPower (and, by the way, if I were to buy all the parts from newegg and build it myself I would only save about $70.
[*]Asus P4P800 Deluxe (Intel 865PE chipset, 800FSB, onboard RAID, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, 5.1 Sound)
[*]Raidmax A268 mid-tower case (350Watt power, with window and front USB -- it also has a punchout where you can put front Audio and front 1394 -- I plan to buy a Headphone & Microphone Internal from frontX and do the do-it-yourself method to mount them into the case (I use headphones a lot)
[*]Pentium IV HT @ 2.6GHz
[*]1024MB PC3200 DDR (2x 512, dual-channel)
[*]Western Digital 200GB HDD (7200rpm UATA-100 8MBcache) - primary
[*]Maxtor 200GB HDD (7200rpm UATA-133 8MBcache) - secondary; I plan to use it to back up the primary HDD
[*]ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB 8xAGP
[*]Sony 16x DVD-ROM, and I plan to add a Plextor PX-708A 8x DVD+/-R, which I already own
[*]Onboard sound, generic stereo speakers
[*]Mitsumi 1.44MB floppy
[*]Windows XP Professional (the OS is included in the final price) and Norton 2003. I also plan to buy Genie Backup Manager
[*]Blue cold-cathode neon lights
[*]Thermal Temperature LCD display with Fan Controls
[*]4xUSB2.0, 2x 1394 FireWire
[*]Round cables
[*]PS/2 mouse and keyboard
$1364 + tax/shipping
Also, I will buy a Hitachi CML174SXW 17" LCD monitor (1280x1024, 16ms refresh, DVI)
Comments are welcome
Oh, and if anyone knows about those cold cathode neon lights from iBuyPower, please let me know. I'd like to know how controllable they are (e.g. if you can turn off the sound-activation and have them just stay constantly on, and if you can turn them off without turning the whole computer off)
